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Back in May, President Trump predicted that the U.S. would see “anywhere from 75,000, 80,000, to 100,000” fatalities from the virus. Now, the U.S. has reported more deaths from COVID-19 than any other country. Though the U.S. accounts for 4 percent of the world’s population, it has had around 20 percent of the world’s coronavirus deaths — by far the largest gap of any affluent country.
President Trump has repeatedly downplayed the seriousness of the current outbreaks and told his supporters at a rally in Ohio in September that the virus “affects virtually nobody.” He has previously falsely claimed that “99 percent” of cases are “totally harmless” — despite the fact that he told journalist Bob Woodward in early February that he knew the virus was airborne and “more deadly than even your strenuous flus.
Schools in a number of states have resumed in-person classes, including Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Louisiana, Mississippi, Tennessee, New Jersey, and Connecticut, and many are already seeing outbreaks. Meanwhile, hundreds of school districts have said that they will start the fall school year remotely, including Los Angeles, San Diego, San Fransisco, Nashville, Atlanta, Houston, and Dallas.
In New York, Governor Andrew Cuomo has said that New York City restaurants can resume indoor dining at 25 percent capacity beginning September 30, and malls and casinos are now allowed to reopen. Like most of the Northeast, New York has largely succeeded in controlling its outbreak, and Cuomo has said that travelers coming to the state from areas currently experiencing surges in cases must quarantine for 14 days.
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